Pride & Polish

Custom champs: Heavy-oversize hauler's 1987 Pete 359 wins big with iconic style

"Pay enough attention to anything and keep it up -- it'll last you." Easton, Minn.-based owner-operator Horace Goldman's 1987 Peterbilt 359 stands as a testament to the maxim, with its classic original dash and Goldman's personal touch all around.

January 5, 2023

Horace Goldman Peterbilt 359 dash, interior

Custom champs: 'Joke's on You' 389 no stranger to the spotlight

Hallahan Transport's 2022 Pete followed up its Limited Mileage championship in 2021 with a Working Combo win in the 2022 Pride & Polish competition to close out a stellar year on the truck show circuit for the rig.

December 29, 2022

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Custom champs: Concert-hauling 2011 Pete 389 glider channels old-school look

The truck, which after 500,000 miles was intended to be driven occasionally by Shomotion owner Michael Scherkenbach, was instead given to a retiring owner-operator to keep him on tour with the fleet part-time. He didn't bat an eye at the coffin sleeper.

December 22, 2022

Shomotion's 2011 Peterbilt 389 glider

Custom Champs: Rare White Freightliner Powerliner cabover still a part-time worker

The 1975-model COE was the first truck owned by G.L. Wasko when he started his business 45 years ago. He was the second owner of the rig then, and after some searching, the family also became the fifth owners of it in 2006.

December 8, 2022

Gary Wasko's 1975 White Freightliner Powerliner

Custom champs: A run in the 'Bandit' '21 W900L

It’s not just the classic black-and-gold throwback paint scheme from Smokey & the Bandit that's behind the name of this owner's rig. The Pride & Polish-winning W900L is now rolling memorial to John McCormick's "Bandit" Yorkie's memory.

December 2, 2022

Custom champs: 'Eighth house truck' for Rick and Terry Henderson

Winners in the Pride & Polish interior category, Bennett-leased owner-operators Rick and Terry Henderson of Ohio, feature a tastefully decorated interior, dazzling lighting and distinctive striping on their 2022 Peterbilt 389.

November 23, 2022

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Custom champs: Classic Mack B61 helping revive longtime trucker ministry

Marvin Graves has been involved in the trucking industry in one way or another for most of the last 60 years. He started out as a company driver, then became an owner-operator before he started a truck stop ministry in the 1980s.

November 17, 2022

Marvin Graves' 1963 Mack B61 front view

2022 Pride & Polish champs: The seven standout rigs

Following a submission period, Overdrive readers voted on their favorite trucks in each of seven categories to determine the winners in the 2022 Pride & Polish virtual competition.

October 28, 2022

John McCormick's 2021 Kenworth W900L

The best in custom rigs: Pride & Polish finale today

Three trucks are finalists in each of seven categories -- Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older; Working Bobtail, 2015 & Newer; Working Combo, 2011 & Older; Working Combo, 2012 & Newer; Antique; Interior; and Limited Mileage. Winners will be announced Oct. 28.

October 10, 2022

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Cast your vote for the best in custom rigs: Overdrive's Pride & Polish

Dozens of owners submitted photos that make up 77 entries in one or more of seven categories: two each in Working Bobtail and Working Combo; Antique; Interior; and Limited Mileage/Builders. Cast your vote in each category for your favorites now.

September 13, 2022

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Voting period opens for virtual Pride & Polish truck show competition

Pride & Polish voting: Vote now to determine the finalists in each of seven categories -- Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older; Working Bobtail, 2015 & Newer; Working Combo, 2011 & Older; Working Combo, 2012 & Newer; Antique; Interior; and Limited Mileage.

September 13, 2022

Chris and Ruth Smith's 2020 Peterbilt 389

Overdrive's 2022 Pride & Polish competition

Just a few days left to enter the Pride & Polish virtual truck show, a chance for competitors to show off their rigs and be chosen by peers as the best of the best. Submissions accepted through Sept. 5. Enter your rig for 2022 show-season bragging rights.

July 19, 2022

Overdrive's virtual Pride & Polish competition now open

The Pride & Polish virtual truck beauty show gives contestants a chance to show off their rigs and be chosen by their peers as the best of the best. Submissions are being accepted through Sept. 5.

August 1, 2022

Pride & Polish 2021 working combo finalists

Custom champs: Chris Kulow's 2007 Peterbilt 379

Chris Kulow's 379, which sports a 144-inch ARI sleeper, won first place in the Working Bobtail, 2008 & Older class in the 2021 Overdrive's Pride & Polish. He uses the truck to haul machinery and oversized step-deck freight.

September 20, 2021

Chris Kulow's 2007 Peterbilt 379

Custom champs: Mark Havens' 2019 Peterbilt 389

Pride & Polish Working Bobtail category winner Mark Havens considers his 389 Pete a gift from above. It's certainly one that draws crowds wherever it goes, hauling mostly gasoline and ethanol.

September 9, 2021

Mark Havens' 2019 Peterbilt 389

Custom champs: Despite tough 2020, Daniel & Phyllis Snow persevere

The couple's 1996 Freightliner Classic XL picked up wins in the Working Combo, 2000 & Older and Interior categories, and placed second in Antique. This marks the second year the Snows have won in Working Combo.

September 2, 2021

The big-bunk 389 of Ruth and Chris Smith: Working combo champs

The rig was spec'd from the factory with a 380-inch wheelbase to accommodate the 192-inch sleeper, and is leased to Southern Pride Trucking, specializing in airline-related freight. The long story of how they got there runs through Europe, other careers.

August 26, 2021

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Ron Kelsey's 'Sunrise Express' 1981 Peterbilt 359 – Pride & Polish Antique champ

Kelsey's classic iron features numerous custom touches he's added throughout the 37 years he's owned the truck. These include a full rework of the interior, plenty of custom stainless, 7-inch stacks and more.

August 19, 2021

Ron Kelsey's 'Sunrise Express' 1981 Peterbilt 359

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FMCSA signals intent to move on OOIDA broker transparency petition

In a letter dated earlier in March, the agency told the association it "determined that OOIDA's petition contains adequate justification to initiate rulemaking. Also: Used-truck volume slip -- indicators; Penske acquired Kris-Way Truck Leasing.

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